assistantship

American  

[uh-sis-tuhnt-ship] / əˈsɪs təntˌʃɪp /

noun

1. a form of financial aid awarded to a student studying for a graduate degree at a college or university in which the student assists a professor, usually in academic or laboratory work.

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Etymology

Origin of assistantship

First recorded in 1690–1700; assistant + -ship

Example Sentences

In fact, the movie made working under Meryl Streep’s ice-cold editor seem simultaneously agonizing and alluring; watching Anne Hathaway’s Andy suffer in that hellish assistantship was only slightly less satisfying than seeing her succeed.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2022

The current minimum stipend for a nine-month assistantship — employment that helps students pay for school — is $18,340.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021

He then took an assistantship and earned his doctorate at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.

From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2020

The parameters of assistantship have also grown murky as a result of three unusual variants of helpers: fictitious, silent and virtual.

From New York Times • May 30, 2014

He had just been promised a teaching assistantship for the spring semester, and he had been in the mood for a celebration.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder